Posted by
Dave Asprey in
Cloud
Jun 26th, 2012 |
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For years the tech industry has been touting VDI as a panacea for all ills, from security to remote collaboration to hardware cost efficiency. The proposed use cases have been many, but the skeptics who have converted to VDI over the last few years have been relatively few, as market penetration has lagged behind projections. There are several of reasons why VDI has not gained the momentum that many thought it would even two or three years ago, but let’s look at a couple of key obstacles to adoption:
Disappointing performance. Early adopter end users became frustrated when dropped connections...
Posted by
Dave Asprey in
Cloud, Security
Jun 25th, 2012 |
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I go to cloud computing and security conferences about 40 times a year as a part of my job as VP of cloud security at Trend Micro. To be an effective technology evangelist, you have to know a lot of things that are outside your core technology expertise, and going to these conferences to stay informed gives me the opportunity to share my work in the form of keynotes and technical presentations.
Here’s the secret to getting the most out of conferences: hang out in the hallway outside the sessions and talk to the people you meet. The “Clouderati” like me are very selective about...
Posted by
Dave Asprey in
Cloud
Jun 13th, 2012 |
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Check out this most excellent infographic from penetration testing tools company Rapid7, originally posted here.
They did a great job explaining how badly some users butcher their password security. Those of us in the know as security professionals already know the importance of strong passwords, but it’s always interesting to see what end users do when you don’t run a password strength checking tool.
That said, another common problem is that “secure” passwords are now so hard to remember that they get written down on post-it notes or stored in a file on a disk somewhere....
